Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed ...

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Astronomers report that WOH G64, one of the largest known stars, appears to have undergone a striking transformation into a rare yellow hypergiant. Credit: ESO / L. Calçada A massive star’s sudden ...